Search results for retinal scanners

Social Sciences Feb 1, 2012

Do menu 'sweet spots' really exist? Study says 'no', but finds 'sour spots'

When you sit down to read a restaurant menu, do you read it like a book? Or do your eyes flit from place to place to find the most enticing dish?

Consumer & Gadgets May 13, 2011

EyeLock brings biometric security to your websites

(PhysOrg.com) -- Biometric security is always a field of interest for those people who need to keep your data secure. Currently, it is used in a wide variety of high security applications, mostly by large companies with large ...

Engineering Aug 19, 2010

Wright State researchers developing skeletal scans to recognize terrorists

The Wright State Research Institute is developing a ground-breaking system that would scan the skeletal structures of people at airports, sports stadiums, theme parks and other public places that could be vulnerable to terrorist ...

Other Jul 21, 2010

High-resolution imaging expands vision research of live birds of prey

Bird observatories all over the world may benefit from a newly designed high-resolution imaging system used to study the retinal structure of live birds of prey. In a recently published Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual ...

General Physics May 12, 2010

Making light work: The 50-year odyssey of the laser

Fifty years ago next Sunday, a 32-year-old engineer called Theodore Maiman switched on a gadget at Hughes Research Laboratories in California, and watched as pulses of light sprang from a pink ruby crystal.

Consumer & Gadgets Oct 30, 2009

Two Retinal Imaging Display Devices at Prototype Stage

(PhysOrg.com) -- NEC and Brother are both developing wearable prototype devices that use Retinal Imaging Display (RID) technology to project images directly on the wearer's retina. NEC's gadget is designed to interpret foreign ...

Nov 19, 2005

Review: Biometrics Technologies Measure Up (Part 2/3)

(Part 2/3) (Part 1) Biometrics technologies have come a long way from a slow start in the early 80s. Now they can be found almost anywhere and soon, almost everywhere.

Oct 20, 2005

Retinal scans eyed for New Mexico cattle

It sounds like science fiction, but New Mexico scientists are testing eye-scanning technology on cattle to use in a national animal health tracking system.

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